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Mission record

Artemis I

Also known as Artemis1, Orion

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Launched

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Completed · Success

The uncrewed first flight of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, sent around the Moon and back to test the systems for a later crewed launch.

Destinations
Moon
Launch vehicle
SLS Block 1 Crew
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries
United States
Mission types
Flyby, Technology demonstrator

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Artemis I launched on a Block 1 Space Launch System

  2. Flyby

    Orion flew about 130 km above the lunar surface for a gravity assist into a wide lunar orbit

    The page dates this "21 October", which precedes the 16 November 2022 launch it records on the same page. The date is left unrecorded rather than adjudicated.

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Artemis I · Spacecraft

    Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through August 27, 2026